Col Anil Bhat (retd)

Col Anil Bhat (retd)

About Col Anil Bhat (retd)

The writer is a strategic analyst and former spokesperson, Defence Ministry and Indian Army

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India's moves towards military self-reliance

Two years after asking global companies to submit proposals to supply 114 combat aircraft in the world’s biggest warplane contract, India plans to switch to India-made fighter jets

'India must become net exporter of technology'

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stressed the need for India to become self-reliant and a “net exporter of technology" as he addressed through video conference scientists of  the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on the occasion of National Technology Day

Amidst pandemic, BRO ensures remote connectivity across India

Truly and most justifiably, India's Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is in the essential services list through the COVID-19 lockdown, with not a day’s rest, connecting to remote border areas in the crisis, true to their motto, ‘BRO creates, connects and cares’

Indian Armed Forces at the forefront of COVID-19 war

India’s Armed Forces and Defence Ministry production units continue their countrywide assistance in combating the effects of COVID-19, a dirty and deadly biological 'weapon', which allegedly emanated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China and spread infection worldwide, though there has been no authoritative corroboration of this so far

Indian Armed Forces now fight a different battle

Since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, China, Indian Air Force, Army, Navy, working with the Ministry of Defence, have proactively worked to evacuate Indian people from some of the worst affected countries - China, Iran, Italy and Japan - and quarantined them at their facilities to release after mandatory isolation

India's DRDO develops critical equipment for fighting COVID-19

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which has been tracking the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) since the world media started reporting its devastating impact in China’s Wuhan Province, took a call in the first week of March 2020 to enhance efforts to create countermeasures to stop the spread of the disease in India…

Lucknow DefExpo showcased India as defence exporter

Inaugurating the 11th and largest ever Indian defence exposition, DefExpo, organised from February 5–9  in Lucknow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a target of USD$5 billion for defence exports, to be achieved over the next few years, and added that India, a democracy with a huge population, cannot remain long dependent on defence…

India-Africa Defence Ministers’ conclave during DefExpo 2020

An India-Africa Defence Conclave is being held for the first time during India’s biennial defence exposition, the DefExpo 2020, that was inaugurated in Lucknow by Prime Minister Narendra Modi